Bedtime Story (1964 film)
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| Directed by | Ralph Levy |
| Produced by | Stanley Shapiro |
| Written by |
Stanley Shapiro Paul Henning |
| Starring |
Marlon Brando David Niven Shirley Jones Dody Goodman Aram Stephan Parley Baer Marie Windsor Rebecca Sand Frances Robinson |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
| Cinematography | Clifford Stine |
| Edited by | Milton Carruth |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | est. $3,000,000 (US/ Canada) |
Bedtime Story is a 1964 comedy film made by Pennebaker Productions. It was directed by Ralph Levy and produced by Stanley Shapiro with Robert Arthur as executive producer from a screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning. The music score was by Hans J. Salter and the cinematography by Clifford Stine.
The film stars Marlon Brando, David Niven and Shirley Jones, and was later the basis for the 1988 comedy film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine.
Lawrence Jameson (David Niven) is a refined, elegant con artist who operates in the French Riviera town of Beaumont-sur-Mer. He masquerades frequently as the deposed prince of a small European country, seducing wealthy women into donating money and jewellery to his revolutionary "cause". Meanwhile, Corporal Freddy Benson (Marlon Brando) is a small-time operator in the US Army stationed in Germany, an expert at conning his way into the hearts (and wallets) of young women with sob stories about his sick grandmother. His attempt at seducing the daughter of a local burgomaster backfires when her father arrives home early, and Freddy is nearly arrested until he blackmails his Colonel into giving him an early discharge.
On a train to Beaumont-Sur-Mer, Freddy cockily displays his skill as a con man to Lawrence, whom he believes to be a henpecked husband. Lawrence, believing Freddy's "poaching" will endanger his ability to procure bigger targets, decides to ensure Freddy does not set up in Beaumont-Sur-Mer, first attempting to distract him into leaving town, and then, when that fails, arranging for his arrest. Lawrence also arranges for Freddy to be released and buys him a plane ticket to America. Unfortunately, one of Lawrence's former conquests (Dody Goodman) is on the plane, and mistakes Freddy for a revolutionary in the employ of "The Prince". Thus clued-in to Lawrence's true identity as a con man, Freddy returns to Beaumont-Sur-Mer and blackmails Lawrence into taking him on as an apprentice.
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